The B.C. NDP is holding its caucus retreat on the mid Island this week as it prepares for the fall legislature session.

Premier John Horgan and numerous cabinet ministers were at 脡cole Hammond Bay on Monday, Sept. 26, to view the school expansion project there. The caucus meetings are being held in Parksville.

鈥淚t鈥檚 an opportunity for all of us to come together, talk about what we鈥檝e learned talking to constituents throughout the summer鈥︹�� said Horgan. 鈥淭o come together here allows us to have those candid conversations that we haven鈥檛 been able to have for the past couple of months. The value of the legislative session is not just that we get to debate issues in the legislature, we get to sit together and compare stories.鈥�

He said politics is a team sport and every day is an opportunity for team-building.

鈥淗ow do we collaborate to get the best outcomes for as many people as possible?鈥� he asked.

Adam Walker, Parksville-Qualicum MLA, said it was great to have his colleagues in his constituency to meet with service providers and 鈥渞aise up鈥� some of the work that is happening at the grassroots level.

Sheila Malcolmson, Nanaimo MLA and minister of mental health and addictions, said her colleagues who see school expansion and permanent supportive housing projects in Nanaimo, for example, can 鈥渢ell the stories that we鈥檝e heard here and give people some hope that despite a really hard couple of years, we鈥檙e making a lot of progress.鈥�

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